Guatemala Blog January 22, 2016

January 23, 2016 at 11:29 PM

Guatemala Blog January 21/22nd 2016

Our last day in Guatemala and it was beautiful. We spent the morning photographing in and around the streets in Antigua. The city is beautiful and full of colour. As you look through the photos on todays blog of Antigua you will notice the houses on the streets are specific colours. They are set by city hall and home owners must adhere to these colours. As I said the city is beautiful.

Fuego volcano continued to erupt through the evening, there was more activity the last few days than over the past couple of years. In fact the volcano has erupted 15 times since early 2015. Guatemala City airport was closed and all flights cancelled from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. January 21st because of the ash and debris being sent 6.5 km into the air from the volcano.

We are now heading home and have had an amazing experience here in Guatemala. This is a beautiful country rich with culture and history. Enjoy our last day of Guatemala images and check back February 26th as we share our images during our Weekend with the Wolves trek to Montebello, Quebec.

Early morning walk through the streets of Antigua

Laundry Day

The arches of City Hall

This is from the upper terrace at City Hall

Nothing like getting pulled over for doing 3 kms in a 1 km zone, city hall square

Everywhere you go in the city the flowers are in bloom

A curious face ...

Parking along the square

You will notice the colours of each building, it is set by city hall

Danny taking a shot, reflections in the laundry pool

B&W HDR of the laundry arches, each indent is a wash basin

Now here’s the way to carry your water

San Francisco Church

Heading to school at the San Francisco Church

Everyone is so friendly

Inside San Francisco Church

Mural behind the alter in San Francisco Church

Looking at the church through the arch gates

Arches near the laundry

Danny resting his eyes after lunch, shot by Paul Garner

Time to go home, the lights of Guatemala City as few took off ... another great trek.

A few more shots from our photographers ....

This reflection taken early morning by Paul Garner

Two nuns near the San Francisco Church by Paul Garner

The power of Fuego volcano (Fuego means fire) by Paul Garner

Sunset light catching the ash cloud of Fuego by Paul Garner

A great shot of JJ our Guatemala guide, great to work with you JJ - photo by Paul Garner

King Fisher shot during our visit to the south jungle of Guatemala by Zhugang Zheng

A great catch by both the King Fisher and by photographer Zhugang Zheng

That’s a wrap on our Galapagos Islands blog ... Thank you for following along and please join us again as we travel to Montebello Quebec for our Weekend with the Wolves Photo Tour February 26th to 28th, 2016.